Free, all-day event mixes presentations with interactive workshops. It is sponsored by UNL's College of Education and Human Sciences, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, the Bullying Research Network, and the Buffett Institute.

The conference will feature three nationally and internationally renowned speakers who will share perspectives from research, practice and parenting. They are Cynthia Germanotta, president of Born This Way Foundation, which she co-founded with daughter Stephani (Lady Gaga); Marjorie Kostelnik, dean of CEHS, who recently was named interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL; and Dan Olweus, researcher and founding father in the field of bullying prevention and intervention.